Monday, May 11, 2015

In mid-April 2015, Pastor
Rafael Cruz, father of Tea Party presidential candidate Ted Cruz, appeared as a
speaker at Congregation Beth Aliyah in Rome, Georgia. Congregation Beth
Aliyah describes themselves as a Messianic Jewish community
that believes that Jesus is the promised Jewish Messiah.

Here is a video showing
what Pastor Cruz had to say:

In case you missed it,
here's what he said:

"It was so
shameful how this president has treated Prime Minister Netanyahu. You
know, a few months ago, my son was invited to speak in Washington, D.C. by an
organization calling themselves "Middle East Christians". And
at this meeting, he was talking about how we needed to stand unequivocally for
the nation of Israel and for the Jewish people. And he began to be booed
and the boos became so loud that my son said, "Look, if you do not stand
with Israel, if you don't stand with the Jews, I cannot stand with you.".
And he turned around and walked out. Let me tell you, the Word of
God tells us in Genesis 12:3, God is speaking to Abraham, the father of Israel
- "I will bless those who bless you and I will curse those who curse you.".
This current administration has cursed the Jewish people, has cursed the
nation of Israel more than any other administration in history. I believe
that the only reason judgement has not fallen upon America is because of the
faithful remnant that is standing in the gap. But it is about time that
we stand for righteousness."

In case you were curious,
here
is Ted Cruz's speech to a group that is actually called In
Defense of Christians that his father refers to above as
"Middle East Christians":

Ted Cruz receives his
first boos at the 2:40 mark when he states that Christians have no greater ally
than the Jewish state. Undaunted by the reaction of the crowd at that point, he goes on
to state that those how hate Israel, hate America and those that hate Jews,
hate Christians as well. To his credit, he leaves the stage shortly
thereafter.

According to a 2014 article in the National Review, there is
a very strong political partnership between Ted Cruz and his rather charismatic
father, a pastor and director of the Purifying Fire Ministries.
Pastor Cruz spends significant time speaking to the religious and
conservative base of American politics.

Here
is another one of Pastor Cruz's speeches that was given to the OK2A, an
Oklahoma-based Second Amendment Advocacy pro-gun group. You'll find his
commentaries on the death penalty at 1:07, abortion at 7:25, gay marriage at
8:25 and 30:26 (here he refers to Romans 1 which states that "...men also
abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one
another..."):

He notes that God ordains
the death penalty and that there is no need for gun control; he states that to
eliminate school massacres, teachers should be allowed to carry guns. It
is also quite apparent that Pastor Cruz is a firm believer in a vengeful God
who is just biding his time before he destroys America for one sin or another.

Here
is Pastor Cruz telling an audience that the Bible tells us exactly who we
should vote for at a meeting of the Family Research Council in 2014:

Note that he puts his own
spin on what the Bible says about who should lead us, that it includes both men
and women even though it clearly uses the masculine pronoun. He also seems to have conveniently forgotten that the current
administration is far from the only federal administration that has
"lied" to the people.

Here is Pastor Cruz talking to the Hood County
Tea Party in Texas in April 2013 where he claims that President Obama is going
to take all of our money at the 31:26 minute mark:

He also discusses the
supposed health panels that have been established to decide which medical
procedures will be approved on a cost-benefit basis at the 30:10 minute mark.

1 comment:

Thanks for posting this father-son abomination! As a Christian Canadian I find their views to be reprehensible and not in accordance with the Jesus who I worship. You know, the one who said, By this shall all men know you are my disciples - if you have love one for another. That would include love for Jews, Muslims and yes, even the Cruz family.

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